Two-wheeled vehicle



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D. LIPPY.

TWO WHEBLED VEHICLE.

No. 424,488. Patented Apr. 1. 1890.

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UNITED STATES .ATENT OFFICE.

DAVID LIPPY, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

TWO-WHEELED VEHICLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 42 4,488, dated April1, 1890.

Application filed January 4, 1890.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID LIPPY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Two-*heeled Vehicles;and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in two-Wheeled vehicles; and theobjects of my improvements are, first, to provide a device to overcomethe horse mot-ion which is common in two-wheeled vehicles; second, toprovide a flexible support for the body to overcome the said motion;third,to obviate thenecessity of using metallic links or hinges for thepurpose stated, and at the same time to provide a means which will becheap, durable, and efficient. I attain these objects by themechanism'illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1is an end view of a two-wheeled vehicle embodying all the elements of myinvention. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of same, showing the generalconstruction. Fig. 3 is enlarged detached views of the bar 0, bracket E,and flexible connections G.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

In the accompanying drawings, A indicates a vehicle-body, to the underside of which are secured the metallic bars C. The said bars extendacross the body. The said bars are formed at their ends to formupwardly-pro jecting lugs M.

c is elliptic springs, one placed on each side of the body and securedto the axle by any suitable mechanism.

E indicates brackets, which are bolted on the top and in the center ofthe springs. The said. brackets are constructed withupwardlyprojectinglngs, one at each end of the bracket, and are beveledon the inner face.

G indicates leather connections, which are.

four in number. The upper ends of the said connections are secured tothe ends of the brackets 011 their beveled face by bolts or any suitablemechanism. The lower ends are secured to the upwardly-projecting lugsformed upon the ends of the bars 0. The body A is secured to the saidbars. The front end of the body is suspended .by the flexible straps J.The lower ends of the said straps are attached to the under side of thefront portion of the body. The upper ends are secured to the cross-railof the shafts. It will be readily seen that the body Ais suspended byleather connections on the sides as well as the front. The leatherconnections are constructed of one or more thicknesses of leather andsewed together. They may be flat or rounded in the center, with flatround ends and holes to receive the bolts, as shown in Fig. 3, No. 2.

I know that there are in use links or hinged connectionsconnectingthebodytothe springs, and I do not claim a pivoted or'hingedconnection. My leather connect-ions are not pivoted or hingedto the baror bracket, but they are bolted or otherwise secured rigidly to the bar0 and bracket E, the leather connection G allowing all the flexibilityof motion required without hinge or. ivot. Between the bars 0 andconnections G, I placethe spring bracebar H, the ends of which areclipped or bolted to the under face of the springs c, in this instancethe same bolts serving to secure the brackets E and ends of thebrace-bar together to the springs.

The invention is so simple in all its parts that it will not benecessary for any further description.

I do not wish to limit myself to leather, for

rubber may be used; but leather will be preferable.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a two-wheeled vehicle, the combination of the axle, the shaftsconnected to the axle, the body flexibly connected to the shafts, thesprings on the axle, the bars secured to the body, having anupwardextending lug at each end, the brackets secured to the springs,having vertical lugs, and the flexible connections having their lowerends attached to the lugson the bars and their-upper ends connected tothe lugs of the brackets.

2. In a two wheeled vehicle, the combination ofthe axle, body, andshafts, the flexible conthe brackets secured to the springs, having lugsformed each with an inclined face, and

the straps or bars having one end connected to the inclined lugs of thebars and the other ends connected to the inclined faces of the lugs onthe brackets.

In testimony whereof Iafiix my signature in the presence of twoWitnesses.

DAVID LIPPY.

WVitnesses:

D. L. SPoT'rs, W. H. LUTZ.

